[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4579 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4579

    To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
  Appropriations Act, 2015, to extend certain deadlines applicable to 
   pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water to address 
    effects of historic drought conditions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 21, 2022

    Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
  Appropriations Act, 2015, to extend certain deadlines applicable to 
   pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water to address 
    effects of historic drought conditions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado River Basin Conservation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES RELATING TO PILOT PROJECTS TO 
              INCREASE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM WATER TO ADDRESS EFFECTS 
              OF HISTORIC DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

    Section 206 of the Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113-
235), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``additional''; and
                    (B) by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``the 
                Colorado River Basin Conservation Act'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``2022'' and 
        inserting ``2026''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
        ``2027''.
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